---
title: PostgreSQL fields
description: Metrics collected from PostgreSQL servers. PostgreSQL metrics. One document per server process, showing information related to the current activity of...
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# PostgreSQL fields
Metrics collected from PostgreSQL servers.

## postgresql

PostgreSQL metrics.

## activity

One document per server process, showing information related to the current activity of that process, such as state and current query. Collected by querying pg_stat_activity.
<definitions>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.database.oid">
    OID of the database this backend is connected to.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.database.name">
    Name of the database this backend is connected to.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.pid">
    Process ID of this backend.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.user.id">
    OID of the user logged into this backend.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.user.name">
    Name of the user logged into this backend.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.application_name">
    Name of the application that is connected to this backend.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.client.address">
    IP address of the client connected to this backend.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.client.hostname">
    Host name of the connected client, as reported by a reverse DNS lookup of client_addr.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.client.port">
    TCP port number that the client is using for communication with this backend, or -1 if a Unix socket is used.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.backend_type">
    Type of the current backend. Possible types are autovacuum launcher, autovacuum worker, logical replication launcher, logical replication worker, parallel worker, background writer, client backend, checkpointer, startup, walreceiver, walsender and walwriter. Extensions may register workers with additional backend types.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.backend_start">
    Time when this process was started, i.e., when the client connected to the server.
    type: date
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.transaction_start">
    Time when this process' current transaction was started.
    type: date
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.query_start">
    Time when the currently active query was started, or if state is not active, when the last query was started.
    type: date
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.state_change">
    Time when the state was last changed.
    type: date
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.waiting">
    True if this backend is currently waiting on a lock.
    type: boolean
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.state">
    Current overall state of this backend. Possible values are:   * active: The backend is executing a query.   * idle: The backend is waiting for a new client command.   * idle in transaction: The backend is in a transaction, but is not     currently executing a query.   * idle in transaction (aborted): This state is similar to idle in     transaction, except one of the statements in the transaction caused     an error.   * fastpath function call: The backend is executing a fast-path function.   * disabled: This state is reported if track_activities is disabled in this backend.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.query">
    Text of this backend's most recent query. If state is active this field shows the currently executing query. In all other states, it shows the last query that was executed.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.wait_event">
    Wait event name if the backend is currently waiting.
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.activity.wait_event_type">
    The type of event for which the backend is waiting.
  </definition>
</definitions>


## bgwriter

Statistics about the background writer process's activity. Collected using the pg_stat_bgwriter query.
<definitions>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.checkpoints.scheduled">
    Number of scheduled checkpoints that have been performed.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.checkpoints.requested">
    Number of requested checkpoints that have been performed.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.checkpoints.times.write.ms">
    Total amount of time that has been spent in the portion of checkpoint processing where files are written to disk, in milliseconds.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.checkpoints.times.sync.ms">
    Total amount of time that has been spent in the portion of checkpoint processing where files are synchronized to disk, in milliseconds.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.buffers.checkpoints">
    Number of buffers written during checkpoints.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.buffers.clean">
    Number of buffers written by the background writer.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.buffers.clean_full">
    Number of times the background writer stopped a cleaning scan because it had written too many buffers.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.buffers.backend">
    Number of buffers written directly by a backend.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.buffers.backend_fsync">
    Number of times a backend had to execute its own fsync call (normally the background writer handles those even when the backend does its own write)
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.buffers.allocated">
    Number of buffers allocated.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.bgwriter.stats_reset">
    Time at which these statistics were last reset.
    type: date
  </definition>
</definitions>


## database

One row per database, showing database-wide statistics. Collected by querying pg_stat_database
<definitions>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.oid">
    OID of the database this backend is connected to, or 0 for shared resources.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.name">
    Name of the database this backend is connected to, empty for shared resources.
    type: keyword
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.number_of_backends">
    Number of backends currently connected to this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.transactions.commit">
    Number of transactions in this database that have been committed.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.transactions.rollback">
    Number of transactions in this database that have been rolled back.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.blocks.read">
    Number of disk blocks read in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.blocks.hit">
    Number of times disk blocks were found already in the buffer cache, so that a read was not necessary (this only includes hits in the PostgreSQL buffer cache, not the operating system's file system cache).
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.blocks.time.read.ms">
    Time spent reading data file blocks by backends in this database, in milliseconds.
    type: double
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.blocks.time.write.ms">
    Time spent writing data file blocks by backends in this database, in milliseconds.
    type: double
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.rows.returned">
    Number of rows returned by queries in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.rows.fetched">
    Number of rows fetched by queries in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.rows.inserted">
    Number of rows inserted by queries in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.rows.updated">
    Number of rows updated by queries in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.rows.deleted">
    Number of rows deleted by queries in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.conflicts">
    Number of queries canceled due to conflicts with recovery in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.temporary.files">
    Number of temporary files created by queries in this database. All temporary files are counted, regardless of why the temporary file was created (e.g., sorting or hashing), and regardless of the log_temp_files setting.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.temporary.bytes">
    Total amount of data written to temporary files by queries in this database. All temporary files are counted, regardless of why the temporary file was created, and regardless of the log_temp_files setting.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.deadlocks">
    Number of deadlocks detected in this database.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.database.stats_reset">
    Time at which these statistics were last reset.
    type: date
  </definition>
</definitions>


## statement

One document per query per user per database, showing information related invocation of that query, such as cpu usage and total time. Collected by querying pg_stat_statements.
<definitions>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.user.id">
    OID of the user logged into the backend that ran the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.database.oid">
    OID of the database the query was run on.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.id">
    ID of the statement.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.text">
    Query text
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.calls">
    Number of times the query has been run.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.rows">
    Total number of rows returned by query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.time.total.ms">
    Total number of milliseconds spent running query.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.time.min.ms">
    Minimum number of milliseconds spent running query.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.time.max.ms">
    Maximum number of milliseconds spent running query.
    type: float
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.time.mean.ms">
    Mean number of milliseconds spent running query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.time.stddev.ms">
    Population standard deviation of time spent running query, in milliseconds.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.shared.hit">
    Total number of shared block cache hits by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.shared.read">
    Total number of shared block cache read by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.shared.dirtied">
    Total number of shared block cache dirtied by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.shared.written">
    Total number of shared block cache written by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.local.hit">
    Total number of local block cache hits by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.local.read">
    Total number of local block cache read by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.local.dirtied">
    Total number of local block cache dirtied by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.local.written">
    Total number of local block cache written by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.temp.read">
    Total number of temp block cache read by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
  <definition term="postgresql.statement.query.memory.temp.written">
    Total number of temp block cache written by the query.
    type: long
  </definition>
</definitions>